Kensington
Middle areaNorth west Liverpool. 10,692 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.9 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Kensington live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Kensington
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Kensington at a rate of 130.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 136.4 per 1,000 people across Liverpool.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 527 |
| Other crime | 276 |
| Drug offences | 187 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 108 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 101 |
| Vehicle crime | 63 |
| Burglary | 54 |
| Shoplifting | 48 |
| Robbery | 20 |
| Theft from the person | 13 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Kensington compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Kensington safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Kensington at a rate of 130.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 136.4 per 1,000 people across Liverpool.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 115 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Kensington.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (527), other crime (276) and drug offences (187).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Liverpool
These figures are published for the whole of Liverpool, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Liverpool and not Kensington alone. See Liverpool
Kensington in brief
The median price paid for a home in Kensington was £135,500 in 2025.
Kensington had 9,323 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Kensington live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Kensington, 90.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.